The Song of the Nightingale
August 20, 2020
Performed by Satyana Hall and Lewis Howard (on the guitar) in Ananda's Temple of Light, August 16th 2020. Composed by Swami Kriyananda.
“If you would hear the nightingale Thrilling the air with liquid melodies, Be not afraid to listen to the night."
Lyrics
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Teach my heart
To impart
Everywhere your delight.
Sing of moonrays on the rain,
Sing that love’s not in vain:
Every grief, every wrong
Has its ending in song.
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Teach all men
How to spin
Clouds of gloom into light.
Without silence, what is song?
Without night, where is dawn?
Were it not for men’s woes,
Who would smile at a rose?
Nightingale! Nightingale!
Sing of joy through the night.
Let each tone,
Silence-grown,
Earth and heaven unite.
Morning laughter, evening tears,
Snow and blossoms—all fade!
Joy must sing in the night
To face change unafraid.
